PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On November 4, Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced they have appealed two permits for the Slickville Pipeline Project issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Environmental Hearing Board. mile route. The project is also under scrutiny for its contributions to climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new standard for federal protection divorced from the science of how wetlands support larger streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean. In others , water flows into underground aquifers.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2008 ) PA Bulletin - March 8, 2025 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 92 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the March 8 PA Bulletin - pages 1930 to 2022. Contact: Brie Sterling, bsterling@pa.gov or (717) 783-9469.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 20 PA Bulletin inviting comments on five draft stream evaluation reports for watersheds located in Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming and Sullivan counties.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

William Burgos, a Penn State Professor of Environmental Engineering, who has done extensive research on the environmental and health risks of road dumping, including some funded by the Department of Environmental Protection. Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Michigan responded in 2008 by requiring farmers to register any new well capable of pumping at least 100,000 gallons a day and forming a team of state regulators to issue or deny new registrations. The law and the program require applicants to provide data and make the case they are not causing harm. .

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Manning Law

JUNE 11, 2020

This action is contrary to subparagraph 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations , made pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The penalty will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. The Regulatory Framework.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 27, the Department of Environmental Protection released the final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan and an interactive online atlas of statewide water resources and use trends to inform leaders’ decision making and educate Pennsylvanians on sustainable use of our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater. billion to 5.2

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

2008 ) Chapter 105 Encroachment Permits - Comments -- Appalachia Midstream Services LLC - 10-Inch Gas Pipeline: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit for a pipeline project impacting South Branch Towanda Creek and wetlands located in New Albany Twp., Received Feb. 6, Issued Feb. PA Bulletin, page.2007 Clinton County. Received Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Dean served as the first Upper Neuse Riverkeeper for over seven years, and later became the first Yadkin Riverkeeper in 2008, where he also served as Executive Director until 2014. She also was the former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment where she developed substantial initiatives on climate change and the Chesapeake Bay.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Wells drilled in 2009 and 2008. Evidence Of Continuous Conventional Wastewater Release On November 14, the Department of Environmental Protection discovered evidence of a continuous wastewater release at the Parsons and Warrant 566 conventional oil well sites in Eldred Township, McKean County owned by Charles T.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection conducted an inspection of DAMA’s facility in 2017 and discovered that there was an unpermitted and uncontrolled Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurring. The Office of Attorney General assumed jurisdiction over this case as a referral from the Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Natural Gas Withdrawals Total natural gas industry consumptive water use in the Susquehanna River Basin between 2008 and 2018 was 26.3 SRBC approved a total of 261 surface water withdrawal points for use by the natural gas industry between 2008 and 2018, the most recent analysis available. billion gallons. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2023

EPA limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to defend a large portion of the nation’s wetlands and waterways from pollution. Photo by Joe Ravo (CC-BY-SA 3.0) The Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. But this decision is about more than wetlands and water.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne): A bill to “repurpose money from Act 129 [utility energy efficiency programs] of 2008, which expanded the Public Utility Commission’s oversight responsibilities, to redirect unused dollars for energy efficiency and conservation programs.” -- Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

Penn State studies found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. Voting Meeting On Bill June 11 The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to have a voting meeting June 11 at 10:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Designated an “Exceptional Value” waterway by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Loyalsock provides solace, joy, adventure and a connection to the natural world to thousands of anglers, kayakers, inner-tubers, swimmers, bird watchers, photographers and sightseers.

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Capaccio

MARCH 30, 2021

The legislation, announced in a Press Release , updates the greenhouse gas emissions limits related to the 2008 Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, and commits Massachusetts to achieve Net Zero emissions in 2050. Stay tuned for more information.

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The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. United States Environmental Protection Agency , 526 F.3d 29, 2008); 77 Fed. By Carlos J. Moreno and Robert E. 3d 591 (9th Cir. See 73 Fed.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . This would significantly reduce the number of PSWs afforded greater environmental protections.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. Recently that has changed.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection and Friends of the ‘Sock recently documented continuing sediment pollution plumes from a natural gas pipeline stream crossing and water withdrawal construction site on the Loyalsock Creek at the Pennsylvania General Energy Loyalsock/Shawnee site in Gamble Township, Lycoming County.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The concept of EPR laws may have been introduced in a 1990 report to the Swedish Ministry of the Environment by Thomas Lindqvist: “[EPR] is an environmental protection strategy to … [decrease the] total environmental impact of a product. In the United States, approximately 40 states have enacted EPR laws since 2008.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2023

On January 7, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the PA Bulletin it is rescinding the Chapter 105 PA Function-Based Aquatic Resources Compensation Protocol Guidance (310-2137-001) for reevaluation. Army Corps Of Engineers' 2008 Wetlands Mitigation Rule and was therefore not accepted by the Corps.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

However, the 6th version is being done internally by the Department of Environmental Protection itself. In the last Act 54 report covering 2008-2013 in 2015, the University of Pittsburgh also found 40 percent of the streams undermined by deep coal mining suffered the same sorts of impacts. Click Here for more.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Repeated sediment pollution incidents and accusations of destroying habitat for rare hellbenders on a Pennsylvania “river of the year” have brought criticism over natural gas operations in a scenic valley and revealed weak protections for “exceptional value” streams.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Since 2008, Safari Energy has developed or acquired more than 500 solar projects in 24 states and Washington, D.C. The effort to design, permit and construct a solar power plant on the site required close coordination with representatives from the borough, Hamilton Township, Franklin County, and the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

Part Three, below, explores preemption questions in the context of other domestic frameworks: California’s climate-disclosure laws and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s GHG emissions reporting regime. Part Two considered the future of the climate disclosure rule in the context of the SEC’s rulemaking process.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. Penn State found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. A video of the hearing will be posted on Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to provide the Legislature and governor every three years a report on current and projected climate change impacts, and a plan of actions to reduce carbon emissions. Related Articles - Climate: -- Gov.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 21, 2012

Moreno On August 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) dealing with the state’s Flexible Permits program. Environmental Protection Agency , No. State of Texas v.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. This guardian is typically an individual or a group of individuals well versed in the care and management of said ecosystem.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district, was recognized for his commitment to environmental stewardship, science-based environmental protection and natural resource management. Of note is the application of the model approach focusing on to the reciprocity between people and the “First Foods.” degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

Retail Electricity Prices Rose At Fastest Rate Since 2008, Driven By Natural Gas And Energy Commodities [Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots] -- NPR: U.S. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Oil Companies Not Pumping More Oil Despite High Prices -- AP: U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency wrote a letter to DEP accepting DEP’s final regulations setting VOC/methane limits on conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities for evaluation which “stops the imposition of federal highway funding sanctions that were set to take effect in Pennsylvania on December 16, 2022.”

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